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Engineers wanted: Mexico looks to join the global semiconductor race

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Submitted ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Davriellelouna@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨technology@lemmy.world⁩

https://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2025-08-17/engineers-wanted-mexico-looks-to-join-the-global-semiconductor-race.html

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  • muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Wouldn’t it be hysterical if Intel foundries fail under the Trump regime and Mexico steps in and says “I got this”

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  • rf_@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    They’ve had decades of brain drain because of all the insecurity and corruption. Currently I don’t see that reversing, it’s very ingrained. I hope they find a way of providing better opportunities, demographically it’s a young country so maybe they can make something work for them.

    But oof is it gonna be an uphill battle when your government works against you by not supporting education, security, infrastructure.

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    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Yeah, Mexico needs a lot more than tech investment, they need:

      • functioning law enforcement - bribing officers is very much a thing pretty much everywhere
      • safe highways - high robbery is very much a thing, and it’s highly recommended to hire local drivers who know which roads are safer
      • crush the cartels

      High tech investment needs law and order, and that’s not consistent in Mexico. Fix that and maybe people will stop fleeing the country. Education is important too, but the country first needs to be a place foreigners feel comfortable relocating to, because that will be necessary to set up shop.

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      • dubyakay@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        crush the cartels

        They do not need to do this. All they need to do is legalize all drugs and the “evil” cartels will turn into enterprises.

        The war on drugs has been going on for over fifty years with no resolution in sight and not much to show for it except wasted tax payer money. A radically different approach is perhaps warranted.

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      • nymnympseudonym@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Have you been to Mexico City or (even more so) Guadalajara since the Pandemic? Multinational techs are investing and building up campuses like crazy. Reminds me of the go-go years of Bangalore in the 2000’s.

        Mexico has a real possibility of moving up the value chain and gobbling up all the good stuff Trump is pushing away from the USA

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    • balder1991@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Yeah, countries should realize that Brian drain is much more serious issue than is usually portrayed.

      But honestly the issues that lead to brain drain are far beyond what one or a few people in power can fix. It’s usually caused by deep societal issues, things that emerge after little dysfunctions snowball all the way to the large system that is the whole country.

      For example, I’ve seen articles like this which in my opinion summarize what is the real issue in Brazilian society. But also one could argue this behavior becomes prevalent because society is already dysfunctional and people normalize the current way of thinking. It’s really a chicken and egg problem to solve when you look at the whole country scale.

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    • Melusine@tarte.nuage-libre.fr ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I wanted to remind that Mexican cartels grew this powerful by using the war on drug of the USA to target only Colombian cartels, so the USA are partly responsible for their growth

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      • Ofiuco@piefed.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        That's cool and all, but we (mexicans) had decades to try and fix... Anything at all, but we've regressed so much and it accelerated in 6 (almost 7) years that the USA responsibility is moot, we are doing this to ourselves and the plan is to make it even worse.

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    • altphoto@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Maybe they found out how to make drugs or money from chips?

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  • SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    So once US engineers will start fleeing there, it will give a new meaning to "them mexicans are stealing our jobs!"

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  • fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Good. The world needs more semiconductor factories

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  • AA5B@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Good for them. They capitalized on car and other manufacturing, so why not chips? Once we get past this senseless personal trade war, it could be profitable to both sides of the border. Given the long lead time for chips, the timing might work out

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  • stupidcasey@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

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  • Amoxtli@thelemmy.club ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    They should have done things like this some time ago, instead of nationalizing oil companies.

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